A Great Day at BridgePoint

We had another great monthly service at BridgePoint Church yesterday in Tarentum. The threat of ice and snow affected our attendance, but we still had 59! You can read more about it here.

One cool thing that I'm watching take place is the launch team is beginning to really take ownership of what is taking place. It's not just a church they're coming to, it's their church. Let me give you an example: For our first two monthly services I've been bringing a box of donuts for those that come early to set up. Well, this month I didn't bring them because no one had really been eating them. At around 8:15 as the team starts to show up in walks one of the lady's on the launch team to set-up and she has a box of donuts in her hands! It's just cool to see this ownership taking place.

Great Day at BridgePoint

This past Sunday we had a great service at our new church plant, BridgePoint Church! We are utilizing a new approach with this plant - we are having monthly preview services leading up to the launch into weekly services on March 16. This month's attendance of 73 puts us right on track for a very healthy launch. Continue to keep this church in your prayers as God is on the move in Tarentum! You can read more about the service here.

BridgePoint's First Preview Service

Today BridgePoint Church began a new chapter in the history of their existence - they began their monthly preview services leading up to their March 16 launch into weekly services. It was an exciting service - we had an incredible 50 people come out, which is an amazing start for a church plant. There were a number of new people from the community as Greg shared his message entitled "How to Know God's Real." The big advantage of having these preview services is we're able to work out the kinks before we launch. But I must say, this was a good first step. Stay tuned for more to come on this in the coming months.

Also, check out this post about an exciting day at one of our other church plants, Ambridge Christian Center.

BridgePoint Church

Today I met with the Greg and Francie Krowitz. They are church planters that are planting Allison Park Church's 7th church. I was so excited to hear their vision for Tarentum and the Allegheny Valley. It was also encouraging to hear what God has already begun to do in the beginning stages of this work. I'm really looking forward to working with them and being an 'Aaron' in their lives, supporting them to see God accomplish all He desires in this community. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about this in the coming months, but please keep this new church, BridgePoint Church, in your prayers!!

Jesus and Coffee

Today I took a group of students to help Greg & Debbie McKim who are planting a very unique church in California, PA. Our youth ministry supports them monthly and we've made a number of trips down there to help out. What's unique about their church is that they've started it with a coffee shop. They have the only coffee shop in this college town (home of California University of PA) and the coffee shop provides both income for the church and relationships through which ministry can take place. It's a cool place and I know God has some cool things in store for them. I'm just glad our students have had the opportunity to see a church like this in it's beginning stages!